Weeder.



H. E. GEURIN & W. D. DEAN.

WEEDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1913.

Patented Apr.28, 1914-;

INVENTFIRS.

UNITED STATES PATENT curios.

HENRY n. entrain AND WALTER, D. DEAN, or HERMLEIGH, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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l'arlyto a weeder that is tobe used in 0011- nection with or attachedto'a cultivator orlisterand it hasfor its object to ,provide a.-

device that will run over' or straddle a hill and cultivate and weed orcut in the furrows on each side of the same.

- Another object is to provide aidevice that will quickly and thoroughlycultivate the ground and will straddle the row and at the same timebe soconstructed that a proper allowance maybe made for the height of thegrowing produce.

Another object of our invention is to pro,- duce a device that willbe'cheap to manufacture, easy to construct, neat in appearance and ofbut few parts.

With these and other objects in View our invention consists incertam'new and novel features and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

desired, that the runners thereof may travel,

in the furrow and be disposed" at an angle to each other, and in thismanner cause the blades-secured to said runners to attain the sameangle, which angle will correspond to the angle or slope of theliills tobe cultivated. I

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of Our improvedweeder, and Fig. 2 is also a View in perspective of our im proved weederwith the means attached for clearing the produce.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 and 2 arerunners of any desired lengthand thickness and in this instance secured by the braces 3 and 4 (Fig.l). Braces 5 and 6 are also shown and it will be understood. that theseare securely fastened to the runners 1 and 2 by the bolts 7. The braces3 and 4 are bolted to the runners but these are always removed when theproduce is of such a height that it will not be cleared and wouldhowever are always left attached to the runners but the bolts 8 and 9are moved upwardly in the slots 10 and 11, and 12' and 13 that areprovided in the. braces 5 and. 6. These braceswill be made orconstructed as long as is found necessary and may be adjusted as abovementioned to suit the necessaryrequirements. Howeverwhen the producei'sverylow or yet to break through the a groundcrthe' furrow has just'beenturned, braces3 and 4 will. be secured to the runner ,for the sake ofadditional strengtlias the ground will be much harder to weed or cul--tivate. at this time as compared with when the ground has once beenthoroughly broken and the produce has started, Also by con- 'structingthese two setsof braces as shown the distance between the runners may belessened or greatene'dhccording-to the size of'the furrowfas it is wellknown that these may vary accordingt'o' the size of the plow or-list'erused and it is necessary thatthe weeder straddle the hill and cultivateor weed the ground-on each side thereof. 5 This widening maybeaccomplished bysimply unlockingtlie' bolts -8 and 9 and 14 and 15. Therunners "are separated and placed the sufficient widththe bolts abovementioned are then securely locked thereby binding the runners inthe-.desired-positi'on- F .Attached to each runner on' the outsidethereof is a, blade 17 and 18, these blades extending at an angle fromthe runners and having their inner ends as shown at-19 bent or turned atright angles and formed-with slots 20 and 21. Passing through theseslots are bolts which are locked by the nuts 22 and 23', and byconstructing these blades in this manner the blades may be raised to a'dis tance above the level of the ground or they may be lowered so thatthey will extend about four inches beneath the surface, and by providingtwo slots the blade may also be swung so that the front edge of theblade may be inclined either at an ang'! in an upward or downwarddirection. It will be understood however that the method of fasteningthese blades 17 and 18 to the runners forms no part of our presentinvention.

In Fig. 1 are shown the means for attaching the weeder to a lister orplanter which preferably consist of two arms 24: and 25 with theadditional arms 528i These arms connecting means are changeable and ofcourse their use will depend on the device with which'the weeder is tobe attached.

From theforegoing it will be seen that the weeder may be used simplyattached to a lister or planter-and if necessary cut the weeds on thesurface of the ground or the blades niay'be lowered and it may.cultivate the ground, or if desired it may be used afterward with acultivator and proper allowance be made for the width of the furrows andfor theheight of the produce;

We have shown in the drawings (Fig.1) one set of bars or braces anddifferent 'set of bars in the second View but it will be understood thatthe two sets are usedexcept when the. produce is too high and. the setshown in the first View is then removed. And itwill also-be seen thatthe weeder may be caused to travel in thefurrows' of the field to becultivated, and by-using the form as shown in Fig. 2 the runners may bedisposed at an angle to each other and thereby regulate the angle of thebladesyso that the surface of thehills will besheered or traversed bythe blades. The blades being thus disposed at an angle corresponding tothe surface of the hills will simply cut the weeds and not enter toodeeply therein, which if so (Jopies of this patent may 'he' obtainedfor,

Scurry, and State of Texas, this gaging members carried by said runners,

braces secured at their lower ends to said runners and their upperportions disposed in anti-clinal relation, and means for retain-' ingsaid braces in adjusted position.

2. A weeder comprising runners, soil engaging members carried by saidrunners, braces secured at their lower ends to said runners and theirupper portions disposed in anti-clinal relation, the upper portion ofeach of said braces provided with a longitudinal slot and means passingwithin said slots to thereby retain the braces in their ad-. justedposition.

3. A weeder comprising runners, soil engaging members carried by saidrunners; braces secured to each of said runners disposed in angularrelation to each other, the upper portions of said braces provided withlongitudinalslots and means'for retaining saidbraces in their adjustedposition.

Signed at Hermleigh, in the County of 2 day of July A. D. 1913.

HENRY E. GEU'RIN. I WALTER DJDEAN.

Witnesses:

W. A. TAYLOR,

iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, B. 2."

